National Republican., 1887-11-28


slimulants, when nothing will satisfy us but
"a rink Of the water Of the we'll of Bethle-
hemi which is nt the cate" They try tostarye
lis on husks, when the Fathers banquet is
casket, and the sweetest harp IS struck for the
music, and the swiftest foot is already lifted
for the dance. They patronize heaven aud
their hour glass, and the throne of the great
God with their yardstickl l abhor II. tell
you the old Gospel well Is captured well.
he elect @ t ho m sonteG M @sn with
strength of the omnlpotent God, 3 with with the gilt
ssain to that old We'll. y. "fG think the tide Is
turning and that the old Gospel IS to take its
place again In the family, and in the univer-
triedworldly philosophers, aud have found out
that they do not give any comfort, and that
they drop an Arctic midnight upon the death
pillow, They fail when there Is a dead chill
In the house, and when the soul comes to leap
into the fathomless ocean of eternity they give
TO the man not so much as broken spar to
cling to- Depend upon II, that well will come
into our posse ssion again, though 1t has been
captured. Ifthere be not three anointed men
in the Lords host with enough conservation TO
do the work, then the swords will leap from
descend-God the Father, God the Son. God
the Holy Ghost--conquering for our dying race
the well Of bethlehem, which is by the gate"
"lf God be for us, who can be against us?'
'1f God spared not his own Son, but freely
m aso % PeS 1871 s % tSnas ha NOT %h
am persuaded that neither height, nor DEPTH
no, nor angels, nor ptinoipalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come" shall take
from US, into final captivity, the Gospel OF my
blessed Lord Jesus Christ,
Again, the Gospel well. like the one spoken
Of in my text, Is wtll at the gate The
and dips out of the valley of the east some
very ieautiful, clear. bright water. and that Is
you know tha. that well was at the gate, so that
nobody, could go into Bethlehem without
going right past II? And 50 it IS with this Cos
place, at the gate Of Of pSTication. " We 'S Cannot mot
wash away our sins unless with that water. /
take the responsibility Of saying that there is
that has escapedsnful defilement. DO you say
II is outrageous and uugallaut for me
to make such a charge? Do you say, II have
Reye s9en1 he
never been guilty of murder" 1 reply, you
have committed sin worse than blasphemy,
than murder, We have all committed It; We
have by our sin recrucined the Lord, and that
Is Decide. And 4 there be any who dare to
hosts of heaven will be empaneied as a Jury to
render ., unanimous verdict against us; guilty
one, guilty ALL With what sashing Stroke
Hss Gns our P9cis6s cuts rnos 9%HS
that doeth good-no, not one" "Oh," says
some one "al we want, all the race wants, is
the race devcors I without ,he Gospel Cos YO into %
Sodom, Five Points a great Salt Lake City.
1t always develops downward, and never up
%S Is o BeSoSe o our nys %
out Christi Banishment. Disaster. But
i,o1n bless :. my LORD Lord Jesus Christ that
publication. For great % SIM great @ papdon. sa0 For OF
eighty years of transgression, an eternity OF
foTgiveness. For crime deep as hell, an atone.
SO grace may much more abound that as sin
reigned unto death. even so may grace reign
through righteousness unto eternal life by
Jesus Christ our Lord, Angel Of the:Coyenant
and wave it over this solemn assembage, that
our souls may be washed In "the water Of the
well 81 Bsthessm which ,n ,sg is by ne Gate
Is at the gnte Of comfort. DO you know where
David was when he uttered the, words of the
text? He was In the cave of Adulam. That
always gone smoothly with you? Has Il never
pursued you with slander? Is your health al
ways good? Have your fortunes never per.
Is there one dead lamb in the fold' Are you
ss ss toll RSss It ss if sssS sssES
stroke of the iron clapper, beat your heart?
Are the skies as bright when you look into
them as they used to be when other eyes, now
closed, used TO look into them! Is there some
only on anniversary days, when there comes
beating against your soul the SUI. of great
8dulami The Thhs00s; Gave Of Adula% lam is't Is there re-
some David here whose fatherly h art way
ward Absalom has broken? Is there some
dead in the family plot of Machpelah? After
| thirty or forty years OF companionship, how
hard II was for them to part! Why not have
| the old folks might have gone up at once? My
aged mother In her last moment, said to my
6aI,9 father; Father, wopldn't i be nice If we
| must part. And there are wounded hearts
here to-day. rhe world cannot comfort you.
What can II bring you? Nothing. Notning,
not stick They cannot with their buugling
surgery mend the broken bones.
| -, Zoppar the Naamaihite,, and Bildad the
shuttle; and ,Elirhaa the remanitc, come in,
| and talk, and talk, and talk, but miserable
| comforters are they. all They cannot pour
| light into the, cave Of .Adullam. They cannot
| well Of bethlehem. which is by the gate" But
glory be to Jesus Christ there is comfort Mt the
| gate There is liie in the well at the gate. II
you give me time, ! win draw up \ promise
| house. Aye, will do 1t in Two minutes | will
| lay hold the rope of the old Il. Whatisyour
| weary OF iife-ailments aiter ra,lments." Twill
| draw up a promise. THE inhabitants shall
meyer SH say i La am sick" What Is your trouble;
| you say. will draw you up Il promise, fresh
and cool, out of The we'll: 81 am the res,irrec-
| ton and the lif he that belieyeth in me,
is your trouble? iou say It is the inirmities OF
| old age. will draw you up a promise: "Down
70 old age | am With thee, to hoary hairs will
| you say, Il have widowed soul, and my chill.
| dren cry for bread" / bring up this promise:
mLeaycthy fatherless children-I will preserve
break through the armed ranks of your sor-
| rows to-day, and bring to your parchcd lips "a
| drink OF the water of the well of Bethlehem,
which Is by the gate"
| heaven, / have not heard yet one single in
| telligent account of the future world from any
body who, does not believe in the Bible They
| throw such fog about the subject that | do
| not want 10 go to the skeptics heaven, to the
transeendentalists heaven, to the worldly phi
| losophers heaven. would not exchange the
poOl est room In your house for the finest hea-
| ven that Huxley, or Stuart MILL or Darwin
| ever dreamed OF. Their heaven has no Christ
| In 1t; and heaven without Christ, though
would be hell! Oh, they tell us there are no
songs there; there are no coronations in
htuven-that Is al imagination. They tell us
we Will do there about what we do here, only
on larger scale-geometrlze with clearer In
tellect, and with alpenstock so clambering up
over the icebergs in an eternal vacation.
Rather than that turn to my Bible, and
find Johns picture of that good land-that
heaven which was your lullaby In infancy
that heaven which our children in the Sab
bath school viii sing about this afternoon
that heaven which has ''well at the gate"
Aiter you have been on n long Journey, and
you come in, all beGusted and tired, TO your
home, the first thing you want is refreshing ab
lution ard am glad to know that after we
get through The pilgrimage of this world-the
hard, dusty pigrimage-w will lind well at
the gate, In that one wash, away will go our
sins and sorrows. do mt, care whether
cherub, or seraph, or my own departed friends
IN that blessed land place to my lips the cup,
the touch of that cup will be life, will be
heaven i reading
sought for the fountain of perpetual youth.
They thought II they could only find and
HpinK udnc OUT o. thSt nat well the 2id would become
everybody would have eternal juvenescence.
Ofcourse, they could not lind IL. Eureka
have found II The, water of the well of Beth.